Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
I can’t remember the last time I went to a CQFA meeting, which is a very sad thing. I think it may have been May, which is forever ago. It was a great meeting – very well attended. In a way I wish BAMQG and CQFA were not on the same day, but, on the … Continue reading “CQFA Meeting”
Around the Web Sigh. Camille Roskelley was featured on House of Turquoise. I love her house. I love her house, because it is beautifully decorated, but also because there are no giant stacks of paper or baskets of laundry. I am tossing things into the Goodwill bin right and left, but it doesn’t help me … Continue reading “Various & Sundry #15”
I skipped September, because I was sewing slowly due to the rotator cuff injury. I didn’t feel like I was making any progress. It was a good idea. I feel like I am back in the saddle. Original Bullseye: needs border, backing, quilting and binding, which are all hard to do if you can’t find … Continue reading “26 Projects – October Update”
I said, last time, that I am sick of this list, that it felt a bit tyrannical to me. I decided that I would ignore the list for awhile and see what happened. What has happened so far is I am designing a whole cloth quilt. I have a rotator cuff injury that may have … Continue reading “26 Projects – August Update”
I have been in Chicago for work for a week and have had no opportunity to sew. I thought about bringing some handwork, but, in the end, just brought a book, my journal (especially to do studies for the Creative Prompt Project) and my iPad. Prior to leaving, I saw a clear theme in my … Continue reading “26 Projects – July Update”
This list is really funny. I want to scratch items off of it, but I don’t want to rush through them either. I find that, now, I pick up a project and intensely work on it until it is finished. Any projects on this list are projects I have decided I want to work on. … Continue reading “26 Projects – June Update”
As I have mentioned before, DH is on the board of a non-profit, which starting now will require more travel on the weekends for us. this past weekend we headed up to Sonoma for a historic building dedication, a commemoration ceremony and the reenactment of the Bear Flag Revolt. After all of that and the … Continue reading “Broadway Quilts Sonoma”
Blue Donation Top Flowering Snowball: (10/31/2012) Food Quilt (June 2, 2012) Kissy Fish NSGW Pillows Pink Donation top (June 2012) Pink Donation top #2 Pink & Green Mosaic donation top Pavers! Purple Journal Renewed Jelly Roll Race (September 2012) Stars for San Bruno #2 Stars for San Bruno #3 (April 2012) Well Done & Good … Continue reading “Quilts: 2012”
Many of the fabrics in this group are from the back of the Flowering Snowball. I am also diligently pressing and cutting pieces from fabrics that have been washed. The chair on which I hang just washed fabric is no longer falling over. That is a good thing. There is some Half Moon fabric there, … Continue reading “FOTY 2012 – Mid May”
Here is the list, again, still in no particular order. This time I have moved the finished pieces off. 23 WIPs left! I had to add two more projects to the list. I can’t believe I forgot about the Stepping Stones. Also, I have a Super Secret project that I did, but it took me … Continue reading “26 Projects – May Update”
I think this project will progress in fits and starts. I made the new blocks (on the right) while I was piecing the Flowering Snowball. I used the Corner Store blocks as leaders and enders. Such a useful, productivity improving technique. I find that I put the blocks up on the design wall and I … Continue reading “Corner Store Progress”
What I am Reading: Just finished Isobel’s Story by Jennie Walters on my Kindle; started An Age of Innocence, but think it might a better book to which to listen, which means I might jump to Creating Time: using creativity to reinvent the clock and reclaim your life by Marney Makridakis Audiobook playing on my … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2012 #7”
I know I am trying to finish the Flowering Snowball, but the hand piecing is slowing me down. Since th cut squares and triangles were sitting right by my machine, I just started sewing them together. I just needed to sew. In between sewing the Swoon, I made 20 of the Corner Store blocks. These … Continue reading “Corner Store Progress”
Here is the list, again, still in no particular order. This time I have moved the finished pieces off. 23 WIPs left! I had to add two more projects to the list. I can’t believe I forgot about the Stepping Stones. Also, I have a Super Secret project that I did, but it took me … Continue reading “26 Projects April Update”
This week’s patches are from the batches I have washed recently. I have been trying to press a few yards as a warm up for my quiltmaking sessions. Trying to do that means that I am making progress on the ironing and cutting. I was afraid that I just wouldn’t get to the washing and … Continue reading “FOTY 2012 – Progress”